the massacre in newtown remains top of mind for many of our readers. in the past week conversation on our opinion pages and on our website has been keenly focused on gun control. this by the way is not the first time the newspaper has published information about gun permits. it did so in 2006 but said reaction this time was much greater due to the popularity of social media. the article published this week provided a footnote about its author. the paper said, he owns a smith and wesson .357 magnum. jamie? jamie: david lee, thanks so much for clarifying all of that. coming up later we'll have a legal debate on the newspaper's actions. they got the information legally and only published those who legally have permits. what about those illegally have guns? is that information more important? can we have access to that? kelly: a very slippery slope indeed. meantime the civil war in syria is raging almost two years. now there is word a top general just defected to the opposition. what this means for president assads regime and efforts to end the bloody conf